Edward E. Curtis IV offers the first comprehensive examination of the rituals, ethics, theologies, and religious narratives of the Nation of Islam, showing how the movement combined elements of Afro-Eurasian Islamic traditions with African American traditions to create a new form of Islamic faith. --from publisher description.

What Islam has done for me : finding religion in the Nation of Islam --
Making a Muslim messenger : defending the Islamic legitimacy of Elijah Muhammad --
Black Muslim history narratives : orienting the Nation of Islam in Muslim time and space --
The ethics of the Black Muslim body --
Rituals of control and liberation --
Conclusion : becoming Muslim Again.

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Offers the comprehensive examination of the rituals, ethics, theologies, and religious narratives of the Nation of Islam, showing how the movement combined elements of Afro-Eurasian Islamic traditions with African American traditions to create a new form of Islamic faith.Ler mais...

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"For Nation of Islam practitioners [of the 1960s and 1970s], Islam was not only a theology but also a system of ritualized practices that brought them what they described as dignity, hope, civilization, self-determination, pride, peace, security, and salvation. - from the Introduction"Ler mais...

"What Islam has done for me : finding religion in the Nation of Islam -- Making a Muslim messenger : defending the Islamic legitimacy of Elijah Muhammad -- Black Muslim history narratives : orienting the Nation of Islam in Muslim time and space -- The ethics of the Black Muslim body -- Rituals of control and liberation -- Conclusion : becoming Muslim Again."@en

"Edward E. Curtis IV offers the first comprehensive examination of the rituals, ethics, theologies, and religious narratives of the Nation of Islam, showing how the movement combined elements of Afro-Eurasian Islamic traditions with African American traditions to create a new form of Islamic faith. --from publisher description."@en